Nope. My CB has one setting. Off.

 

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Well..... that's kinda RIDICULOUS isn't it, Rev?? DId you have to pay EXTRA for a radio that you cannot, and have no intention of, using??? :shock:

What Flying J are you hanging OUT in?? I think I got one under the bunk that don't WORK..... You could probably get that one off of me for ...... oh, say...... 50 bucks!!! :lol:

That way, when the one you HAVE that only works on "off" goes "out," you'll have a backup CB that you can't use!..... and won't have to buy a NEW one! :lol: :lol:

How's your COOLER doin'??? I got a special this week on coolers that don't COOL!! Best part is.... you don't even have to waste a recepticle (sp?) Plugging it IN!!! :shock: :lol: 8)

Got a flashlight here with NO batteries!!! It's a STEAL!! :wink:

 

Yes.

I don't really hang out at Flying J. I don't really hang out at any truck stop for that matter. But if you can find me, I will buy your CB that doesn't work with monopoly money. That way you have money you can't and won't spend. :lol:

 

Rev said:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Okay.... DEAL!! [Man, I got the best of you THIS time! :wink: ]

Everyone KNOWS you can buy a mansion on Park Avenue with monopoly money!! :lol:

 

Ignore everything posted by golfhobo and the Rev. I have them back on medication and they're both recovering nicely.

Mea culpa, mea culpa. Mea mea, culpa culpa. I made a mist . . er a misteak . . a mistake. My comment about line 4 was rrron . . wonng . . it was wrong. You can work forever should you choose. You just can't drive.

While the eras of my weighs could be constrained as a bases for a peel to a higher court, I am the highest court in the land and theirfour I deduct that all a peels was deniled.

As for the rest, I'm right, as usual. Allow me to memorialize and fourever incarcerate the concommitent table for reference:

8 days:

Less than 70 . . keep on driving.

At 70 . . you reset.

More than 70 . . youse breaking the law.

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Anyone posting below this line is a moron!

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Nope. Only if you have hours available that day for driving, and haven't exceeded your 11 hours.

Nope. If you hit your 70 on day 8, and have hours coming back tomorrow, there's no need to reset.

Nope. Only if you're driving.

Nope. Only if they aren't me. :lol:

 

As per the rules that were clearly stated to me over the phone with (Jeff or Brian) at the FMCSA office in Bismark North Dakota.

Reset is not mandatory unless you have reached 70 hours in less then 8 days and it would be quicker to reset then to wait till day 9 were you would get hours back from Day 1.

You only get those hours that you worked on day one back which means that if you only worked 7 or 8 hours on day 1 then that is all you get to work with on day 9. If you worked 13 hours on day two then you get 13 hours to work with on day 10. and so on and so forth.


If you run out of hours on day 6 then it is required to take a 34 hour reset to get hours back or you could just wait till day nine. But you can not drive unless you do one or the other.

So a 34 hour reset is not mandatory according to the FMCSA.

The only thing that is mandatory is having available hours to work/drive.

Which means you can not legally work/drive more then 70 hours in an 8 day period.

You may not legally work more then 14 hours a day (11 hours driving) in a 24 hour period. 10s berth or off duty time is required in a 24 hour period. Berth/off duty time may be split up as long as one of the breaks is more but not less then 8 hours.

Oh and to respond to the 34 hour reset equalling possibly 2 nights of rest.

Do the math. Two 10 hour sleeping periods equals 20 hours. This leaves another 14 hours between these two sleeping periods for off duty time in which you can just sit around and drink coffee and talk stories with some other supertrucker.

So if my math is correct, there is equal to to nights rest in a 34 hour reset.


The FMCSA site is pretty short on its explaination of the 34 hour rest and can possibly leave alot of questions unanswered in my personal opinion.

Yes the site say "May" but it does not explain in laymans terms how.

Just like its explaination of split berthing.

A person would think that they would do a better job of explaining these things rather then leave it up to non official sites to do the break down for them.


So in recap

34 hour reset not mandatory. You can feasilbly and legally drive every day as long as you do not go over 70 hours in any 8 day stretch.

 

Wow, that was a great revelation you just supplied! Thank you very much! I can't believe nobody else in this thread has said that yet! :roll:


The fact remains that this stuff isn't rocket science, and is pretty easy to figure out. That would include split sleeper berths.

 

That may be true but I don't know you from a hole in the ground. I am just stating what was said by the nearest FMCSA office. I know they know the rules so that is why I called them.